Fish!

By Stephen C Lundin, Harry Paul, and John Christensen

Fish is a heartfelt tale about how to create more energy while improving morale and performance at work. The authors bring lessons from Pike Place Fish to any work environment in a format that is brief, pointed, and practical. The Fish would swim a little better with suggestions for what to do when plans for implementing the four principles they outline don't go as planned. The perspective and power for all this improvement is in the words of Solomon decidedly "under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:14). That said, this is a book that, when applied, can improve any work environment.

Martin Luther

By Eric Metaxas

A Metaxas Hat Trick -- To read Luther by Metaxas is to be simultaneously educated, enlightened, and entertained. So much to appreciate: dispelling the myths; recognizing the genius while refusing to shadow the faults; keeping Luther’s driving force (the just shall live by faith in the merits of Christ’s work) in the forefront while explaining the wider implications for Christendom and history. And Metaxas delivers all this and more in a captivating and witty prose. This is my best read in 2017. I have already have given away one copy. I suspect more will follow.